The CDZ 2012 Presidential Debate #1 Discussion & Drinking Game Thread.

[Valerie]

It's going to be interesting to listen to the fact checkers on the radio tomorrow, that's for DAMN sure.

Haven't had a chance to read anything yet, but factcheck dot org is all over it!

Dubious Denver Debate Declarations
Obama and Romney swap exaggerations and false claims in their first meeting.
FactCheck.org : Dubious Denver Debate Declarations

 

[Valerie]

Another independent view of the facts...




FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps

Associated Press
Posted October 4, 2012 at 5:59 a.m.


WASHINGTON, D.C. — EDITOR'S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story

President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth.

They made some flat-out flubs, too. The rise in health insurance premiums has not been the slowest in 50 years, as Obama stated. Far from it. And there are not 23 million unemployed, as Romney asserted.

Here's a look at some of their claims and how they stack up with the facts:

FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps » Anderson Independent Mail

 

[Valerie]

I won't have a chance to read these until later, but I of course question who checks the fact checkers and what they choose to highlight and how, etc...



Fact-checking the Denver presidential debate

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney traded barbs Wednesday night on taxes, jobs, health care and the economy — and often stretched the facts.

"Mr. President," Romney said, "you're entitled as the president to your own airplane and to your own house, but not to your own facts."

Romney also would have benefited from that advice.

We're combing through the pair's remarks from the University of Denver's Ritchie Center, where moderator Jim Lehrer focused on the economy, health care, the role of government and governing.

Here's what we've checked so far:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m.../03/fact-checking-denver-presidential-debate/